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Mental Health

How multitasking drains your brain

Renowned neurologist Richard Cytowic exposes the dangers of multitasking in the digital age.

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Console Gaming

The best Nintendo Switch games for 2025

While not a graphical powerhouse, style shines through in the best Nintendo Switch games.

Nintendo Switch OLED Preview
Console Gaming

The best Nintendo Switch games for when you’re traveling in 2025

Half the Switch’s appeal is its portable nature, so add some of the best Nintendo Switch games to your travel checklist.

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Outdoor Gear

REI winter footwear clearance: Save up to 50% on running shoes, trail running sneakers, and hiking boots

The brands on-sale include Hoka, Vasque, Keene, Merrell, and more of the most popular outdoor companies.

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Archaeology

Da Vinci was right: Secret tunnels found in Italian castle

Italy's Sforza Castle includes a underground passage that linked the Duke of Milan to his wife’s tomb.

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AI

Know how to read cursive? The National Archives wants you.

Help transcribe over 200 years of historical documents.

BCI
Technology

Brain-connected implants help paralyzed patients feel objects and shapes

Researchers encoded subtle sensations of touch and sent them back to the patients' brains.

humanoid robot learned how to Waltz by 'mirroring' its human partner.
Robots

Humanoid robot learns to Waltz with the grace of … a robot

By mirroring humans, it can also punch and wave its arms around.

NASA astronaut working during spacewalk outside ISS
International Space Station

Starliner astronaut conducts spacewalk while stuck aboard ISS

Suni Williams is using her extra time in space to make some repairs.

The great green bush-cricket.
Insects

Parasitic crickets have a few moves to outsmart ants

Infiltrating ant colonies comes with a deadly risk.

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Health

How to keep track of your fitness without the scale

Your cardiovascular health is far more important than BMI.

Research into how to quit vaping is still in its infancy.
Health

How to quit vaping this year

Here’s what the evidence shows so far about effective strategies.

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Archaeology

Neolithic Europeans sacrificed stones to beg the sun to return

The mist from a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in 2900 BCE would have been 'extremely frightening.'

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Drones

New DJI drone policy could fuel even more conspiracy theories

The manufacturer will no longer enforce 'No Fly Zones.'

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Home

The best tankless water heaters, as chosen by experts

Save on energy bills and get hot water on-demand with a tankless water heater.

Ring-Pop on hand
Food Safety

FDA bans Red No. 3 dye found in many of your favorite snacks

Scientists knew it causes cancer in rats since the 1980s.

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Ask Us Anything

Do animals experience mental illness?

Modern science shows animals and humans may experience fear-based anxiety in similar ways.

First version of Tetris playing on Samsung desktop PC
Internet

You can now play ‘Tetris’ in a PDF file

Is ‘Can it run Tetris?’ the new ‘Can it run Doom?’

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AI

Scientists use AI to create completely new anti-venom proteins

'To find something that works in the first attempt, that’s very shocking.'

an archeologist wearing a hard hat digs in a hole alongside skeletal remains
Archaeology

British Iron Age burial grounds reveal women had power

Husbands joined their wives' communities and ‘close inbreeding was avoided.’